Sampsa is a pseudonymous Finnish street artist, political activist, and painter, whose known works have appeared in Helsinki, Palermo, New Orleans, and Paris. Referred to as the 'Finnish Banksy', his works have at times been mistaken for Banksy's. Sampsa's work is distinguished for its focus on political activism, launching citizen's initiatives as an integral component of his work. He has also innovated in the creation of removable street art, painting on tiles and canvases made of industrial fabrics, and mounting them on the street.Sampsa's first known public artworks emerged in Helsinki, and coincided with his starting a Finnish popular movement for a more fair copyright law.
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| - Sampsa is a pseudonymous Finnish street artist, political activist, and painter, whose known works have appeared in Helsinki, Palermo, New Orleans, and Paris. Referred to as the 'Finnish Banksy', his works have at times been mistaken for Banksy's. Sampsa's work is distinguished for its focus on political activism, launching citizen's initiatives as an integral component of his work. He has also innovated in the creation of removable street art, painting on tiles and canvases made of industrial fabrics, and mounting them on the street.Sampsa's first known public artworks emerged in Helsinki, and coincided with his starting a Finnish popular movement for a more fair copyright law. (en)
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| - A 2013 Sampsa piece depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as a transvestite. (en)
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| - Sampsa is a pseudonymous Finnish street artist, political activist, and painter, whose known works have appeared in Helsinki, Palermo, New Orleans, and Paris. Referred to as the 'Finnish Banksy', his works have at times been mistaken for Banksy's. Sampsa's work is distinguished for its focus on political activism, launching citizen's initiatives as an integral component of his work. He has also innovated in the creation of removable street art, painting on tiles and canvases made of industrial fabrics, and mounting them on the street.Sampsa's first known public artworks emerged in Helsinki, and coincided with his starting a Finnish popular movement for a more fair copyright law. (en)
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